{"id":2318611,"date":"2024-08-03T10:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-vice-presidential-pick-already-has-campaign-staff-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T10:45:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T14:45:15","slug":"harris-vice-presidential-pick-already-has-campaign-staff-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-vice-presidential-pick-already-has-campaign-staff-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris vice presidential pick already has campaign staff &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-vice-presidential-pick-already-has-campaign-staff-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2318611&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice\u200c President Kamala Harris is in the process of selecting her running mate as she prepares for the\u200d upcoming elections. While \u200bshe continues to meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-two-people-when-asked-about-potential-vp-candidates\/\" title=\"Trump mentions two potential VP candidates\">potential vice presidential \u200bcandidates<\/a>, her campaign has already appointed staff \u2064to support the chosen \u200ccandidate for the final push \u200bleading up to Election Day. Among the aides selected is Liz Allen, who previously worked on President Biden\u2019s 2020 campaign and will serve \u200cas the chief of staff \u2062for Harris&#8217;s running mate. This selection \u200dprocess, humorously referred to by campaign veterans\u200b as &#8220;prize patrol,&#8221;\u2064 involves surprises for\u200d those\u2064 chosen. This weekend, Harris is holding\u200c meetings with various candidates, including \u200bGovernors \u200bAndy Beshear, J.B.\u200d Pritzker, Josh Shapiro, and Tim \u200cWalz, as well \u200das Senator\u2062 Mark\u2062 Kelly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris vice presidential pick already has campaign staff<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1722157\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> is still sitting down with contenders to become her No. 2, but her campaign has already tapped aides to help that person in preparation for their 100-odd day sprint to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Election Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Aides already picked for Harris&rsquo;s vice presidential choice include an alumni of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s 2020 campaign who performed a similar support role for the new 2024 Democratic nominee when Biden selected her for the position for which she is now interviewing.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that person is Liz Allen. Allen, who will be the running mate&rsquo;s chief of staff, was most recently the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>State Department<\/a>&lsquo;s assistant secretary for Global Public Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign veterans call the process &ldquo;prize patrol,&rdquo; a quip alluding to the Publishers Clearing House ads in which million-dollar prizewinners are surprised at their homes on camera.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is continuing to meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-either-have-laws-or-we-dont-have-laws-california-violated-its-election-laws-as-well-results-are-likely-invalid\/\" title=\"We Either Have Laws or We Don\u2019t Have Laws: California Violated Its Election Laws As Well \u2013 Results Are Likely Invalid\">vice presidential candidates<\/a> this weekend at her Naval Observatory home in northwest Washington. The list includes Govs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-beshear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Andy Beshear <\/a>(D-KY), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jb-pritzker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.B. Pritzker<\/a> (D-IL), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA), and Tim Walz (D-MN), in addition to Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mark Kelly<\/a> (D-AZ) and Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pete Buttigieg<\/a>. Harris and Buttigieg reportedly spoke for 90 minutes on Friday amid reports that aides from former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s two campaigns and White House had agreed to be part of her team, including Stephanie Cutter, Jen Palmieri, David Plouffe, and Mitch Stewart.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harris experienced her own &ldquo;prize patrol&rdquo; in 2020 after the Biden campaign paired her with eventual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> as her chief of staff before Harris becoming his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a> had even been announced.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s self-imposed deadline to make a decision is next Tuesday after her campaign announced she and her presidential understudy would embark on a five-day, seven-state swing starting in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1722157\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1722157\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is currently meeting with potential candidates for her vice presidential running mate, but her campaign has already begun assembling a team to support that individual as they prepare for the final push leading up to Election Day. Among the aides selected for Harris&#8217;s future vice president is Liz Allen, who previously worked on President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2020 campaign in a similar capacity. Allen, who will serve as the chief of staff for Harris&#8217;s running mate, most recently held the position of assistant secretary for Global Public Affairs at the State Department. Campaign insiders refer to this selection process as &#8220;prize patrol,&#8221; a playful nod to Publishers Clearing House commercials where winners are surprised at home. This weekend, Harris continues her meetings with vice presidential candidates at her residence in northwest Washington, which includes governors Andy Beshear (D-KY), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), and Tim Walz (D-MN), along with Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Reports indicate that Harris and Buttigieg had a lengthy discussion on Friday, while aides from former President Barack Obama&#8217;s campaigns have agreed to join her team\u2014these include Stephanie Cutter, Jen Palmieri, David Plouffe, and Mitch Stewart. In 2020, Harris experienced a similar &#8220;prize patrol&#8221; moment when she was paired with Karine Jean-Pierre as chief of staff before being officially announced as Biden\u2019s vice presidential nominee. She aims to finalize her decision by next Tuesday after announcing plans for a five-day tour across seven states starting in Philadelphia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2318612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37083,4021,32518],"class_list":["post-2318611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-staff","tag-harris","tag-vice-president"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}